LETTER: Poor service a big problem for Edcon
This is the case at all stores, but especially at Edgars and CNA. It will become worse now that the unions have Edcon in their pocket
11 July 2019 - 05:00
"How Grant Pattison Saved Edcon" (Cover Story, July 4-10) (https://www.businesslive.co.za/fm/features/cover-story/2019-07-04-how-grant-pattison-saved-edcon/) is optimistic, to say the least. The CEO certainly hasn’t saved the company — he just got lucky.
Shutting down stores and downsizing to save money is textbook stuff that a 15-year-old can come up with. And the funds secured from the Unemployment Insurance Fund fall under the category of luck, thanks to the hopeless situation the economy is in...
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